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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!sitka.triumf.ca!felawka From: felawka@sitka.triumf.ca (Larry Felawka) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Fix to: Problems shutting down when running XFree86 Date: 3 Mar 1993 20:21:57 GMT Organization: TRIUMF, Vancouver BC Lines: 27 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1n3415INN1tl@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> References: <DFR.93Feb25102410@rhino.ioc.co.uk> <1mjif2INN291@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: sitka.triumf.ca In article <1mjif2INN291@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca>, felawka@sitka.triumf.ca (Larry Felawka) writes: |> In article <DFR.93Feb25102410@rhino.ioc.co.uk> dfr@ioc.co.uk (Doug Rabson) writes: |> >I have just installed 386bsd, patchkit-0.2.1 and XFree86-1.2 on my |> >386sx machine. I am using codrv-0.1.1 for my console driver. |> > |> >My problem is that when I try to shut the system down while X is |> >running, the system freezes instead of shutting down. The same thing |> >happens whether I use reboot(8) or shutdown(8). The system just stops |> >with the disk activity light on continuously. Has anyone else seen |> >this? Are there any fixes? |> >-- |> |> Yep, I also see this. I have a 486 DX-33 with ET4000 VGA card and am running |> Chris Demetriou's com driver. If anyone wants to make a more detailed |> hardware/software comparison, please e-mail me. |> |> - Larry F. The solution in my case was to back out patch00083 of patchkit-0.2.1 and rebuild the kernel (a good thing for those who do not need it to do, as Nate W. frequently advises). Hope this helps, Larry